Shade-roller bracket.



No. 727,802 PATBNTED MAY 12, 1903 B. F. JOHNSON.

SHADE ROLLER BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. @1902.

N0 MODEL.

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UNrrsD STATES,

PATENT FFICE.

Patented May 12, 1903.

BERNARD F. Jon NsoN, on PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLANDLASSIGNOB OF TWO-THIRDS o WILLIAM PHILIPS, or PAWTUCKET,,RHODE ISLAND, AND ILLIAM J. MOCLUE, or PROVIDENCE, Rnoon ISLAND.

SHADE-ROLLER B RACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 727,802, dated May 12, 1903.

Application filed September 6, 1902. Serial No. 122,429. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNARD F. JOHNSON,

a citizen of the United Statedresiding at the city of Pawtucket,in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade- Roller Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in window-brackets for shade-rollers; and theobject of' my invention is to produce a bracket of very simple construction and which can be readily adjusted to accommodate'the device to shade-rollers of different lengths.

With this end in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front view of the upper portion of a window-frame with a pair of my improved shade-roller brackets applied thereto and a shade-roller and shade supported between the brackets. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thecbase member and provided with means for holding the bracket in position upon the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the bracket member. Fig. dis an end view of the base secured to the win dow-frame and the bracket mounted in the base, and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of Fig. 4.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the diiterent views of the drawings.

The invention consists of three principal partsa base A, a slideB, and an intermediate spring 0, which is secured to the base and adapted to hold the slide in any desired position upon the same. Each of these members is struck up from sheet metal.

Referring to Fig; 2, the base A has opposite longitudinal flanges b b, which provide grooves c c on their inner sides. The lower portion of the flange bis bent at a right angle therefrom to form an outer extension, as b 0 is a flat steel bow-shaped spring, one end of which is secured to the inner side of the extension I) by a rivet The base .A is provided with perforations e e to receive screws 6' for attaching the base to the window-frame f. 7

Referring to Fig. 3, the slide B has a flat body portion g, having opposite rear extensions g g, that terminate with outer longitudinal flanges g which are adapted to move freely within the grooves c c of the base A. The flange g is made deeper than that of the flange 9 so as to have the upper rear extension g of the slide B below the outer extension b of the base A, and thus providing a channel h for the'i'eception of the bow-spring c in making frictional contact upon the surfaces of the said extensionsg and b in the manner as illustrated in Fig. '5.

When not-under tension, the end 2' of the spring 0 is free from contact with. the extension b of the base A, as seen in Fig.2, so that when the slide is being mounted on the base the upper extension g of'the slide will compress the spring within the recess or channel h, and the middle portion of this spring extends straight, so as to exposea large bearing-surface, as t", to engage upon the surface of the extension 9 and hold the slide in any desired adjustment upon the base.

The tension of the spring .0 is sufficient to prevent the slide from accidental disarrangeme'nt. t

Projecting from the bodyportion g of the slide B at one'end thereof is the bracket proper, 9 which is provided with the usual opening j near its extremity to receive the pintle 7c of the shade-roller Z.

By my construction it will be readily understood that the slides B B can be quickly adjusted to any fixed position to accommodate sh'ade-i ollers of different lengths and at the; same time forming adevice of this character that is very simple, durable, and

inexpensive to manufacture.

Having described my improvem eut,what1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bracket for supporting shade-rollers, the combination, with a base adapted to be fixed againstthe window-frameand having opposite guide fianges, oneof which flanges projects so as to form an outer extension, a slide adapted to move in the guides of said base and having a shoulder situated adjacent the aforesaid extension of the guide-flange, a

bracket proper carried by the said slide, and a bow-shaped spring having one end secured to the said extension of the guide-flange and its free portion arranged to engage upon the said shoulder of the slide, as shown and for the purpose specified.

2. In a bracket for supporting shade-rollers, the combination, with a base adapted to be fixed against the window-frame and having opposite longitudinal flanges provided with grooves on their inner sides,one of said flanges terminating with an outer extension, a slide having a fiat body portion with opposite rear extensions terminating with outer longitudinal flanges that move in the grooves of said base, abracket properintegral with said slide, and a bow-shaped spring rigidly secured to and adapted to bear against the outer extension of said base and to bear against a rear extension of said slide, as shown and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERNARD F. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

EUGENE E. THOMAS, J r., J OHN ADAMS. 

